BMJ 1995;311:1094 (21 October)

Letters

Committee lacks "shop floor" support

EDITOR,--Christopher Wong is wonderful: he has put into words exactly what thousands of doctors throughout Britain are thinking--that the Junior Doctors Committee does not have the support of all junior doctors.1 I wish that the committee would stop and listen to what doctors on "the shop floor" think of the new working patterns. Instead it is forcing changes that many juniors do not consider to be an improvement, and this is leading to unhappiness in many workplaces. I accept that exceptionally long hours do not necessarily lead to better training, but partial and full shifts do not suit the essential continuity of care needed in many specialties and deprive doctors of daytime educational activities.

I find it interesting that Keith Reid believes that "appropriate pay for the intensity of work is a high priority." Does the Junior Doctors Committee think that an additional duty hour paid at 50% of the . . . [Full text of this article]


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